Supplementary spring for vehicles.



H. f. BENNER, SUPPLEMENTARY SPRING FUR VEHICLESI APPLICAHDN FILE-l MN. 30 HH?.

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HARVEY F. BENNEIR., 0F KENTON, OHIO.

SUPPLEMENTARY SPRING FOR VEHICLES.

Speclcation of Letters Patent.

Patent-ea Aug. a. 1917.

Application nica January ao, i917. semi No. 145,465.

To all whom. it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARVEY F. BEivNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lin rovements in Supplementary Springs for chicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supplementary springs adapted to be applied to vehicles emp oymg a transverse spring, which will aid in the carrying of extra loads, and in the distribution of weight on the rear axle and vehicle spring, out near the wheels.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a supplementary spring of this character which is adapted to form a resistance element between the vehicle bodyr and main springs which is adapted to double the capacity or weight carried by thecar without bumping the rear axle. This supplement-ary. spring will preventthe vehicle from leaning sidewise by holding the load erect at all times, and also doing away with .the sheer-ing off of the center bolt which '1s liable to occur when an undue load is placed on the vehicle. The use of this'type of supplementary spring does away with the necessity of putting extra leaves on the main spring when an abnormally heavy' load is desired to be carried. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this charactei` whichis easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation. i

With these and numerous other obyects in view my inventionconsists of the novel features, of` construction, combination and arrangements of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim. Referring to the drawings which form a. part of this invention,

Figurel is a rear elevation of the vehicle l body showing the application of my supple.

mentary spring thereto; s 'i Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the attachment; A

Fig. 3 is a detail erspective view of the ed to the transverse Iiigdescribing my invention I shall refer to thedrawings with similar reference 1 designates the vehicle body, which has disposed transversely beneath the same the usual type of main spring 2such as is commonly applied to vehicles of this character.

' My invention is applied in pairs, one on each side of the vehicle, but for the sake of4 brevity l shall only specifically describe but one of these devices. The numeral 3 designates a socket member which is secured to the bottom of the vehicle body 1 by any type of yfastening means preferably a bolt 4; as clearly shown in Fig. -2 oi' the drawiri s. This socket member 3 is provided with downwardly projecting 'portions disposed directly above the main spring 2 and which has formed therein a socket 5. Secured to one side of the member 3 is a laterally projecting U-shaped integral bar 6 for a urpose to be hereinafter more fully descri ed.

Secured to the main spring 2 directly beneath the member 3 is a bearing block 84 which has on its upper surface an upwardly projecting stud 9 disposed in vertical alinement with the socket 5, This bearino' block 8 is held in position fon the spring 2 by means of a clip 10 which is substantially U-shaped and extends across the bottom of the spring Vand has upwardly bent ends positioned adjacent the op osite sides of said spring and held in position between downwardly turned ears 11 on opposite sides .of the bearinor block by means of a transing fastening bar 12, thangis positioned in a transversely extending versely exten groove in the bottom surfa'eese said block.

lf desired, the face of the `spring on which.y the block rests may also be provided with a.'

transverse coacting groove. This block iS also provided with an Vattaching rod 134 characters designating corresponding parte y throughout the several views. The numeral which is similarly constructed-to the rod 6 on the .socket member 3 and which is disposed 1n vertical alinement with the same.

=Interposed between the block 8 and socket member 3 is a coil sprin 14 which has-its upper end positioned wit in the socket` 5A in the member 3, while the lower fendof the coil spring bears against the block V.8 and surrounds the stud, 9. To additionally hold the coil sprin 14 in position I have provided a strap v which ma beadjustable and which is positioned over t e connecting rods H13 and 6 ofthe block and socketrnembers,

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